Judge dismisses Mohammed Usman Saddique 'terror' case

The case against Mohammed Usman Saddique was thrown out

A judge has dismissed a court case against a London Muslim accused of preparing terrorist acts, ruling there was no case to answer.

The trial of Mohammed Usman Saddique, 27, was halted on Monday following submissions by his defence team.

He had been accused of being in contact with men convicted of plotting to blow up transatlantic jets and keeping radical Islamist materials at his home.

But Mr Saddique, of Walthamstow, had always maintained his innocence

The jury at Inner London Crown Court heard Mr Saddique had had extremist documents.

He admitted owning some of the material in his house but said it had been kept out of "curiosity" and with no "malicious intent".

The judge has decided that the case should not continue Crown Prosecution Service

The court heard a CD at his home had included files containing instructions on how to make explosives.

Prosecutors said he had known and associated with Abdulla Ahmed Ali and Tanvir Hussain and telephone records linked him to them.

Both were convicted, along with a third man, Assad Sarwar, in September last year of conspiracy to murder using explosives on aircraft.

They were also convicted of a more general conspiracy-to-murder offence.

A Crown Prosecution Service spokeswoman said: "The judge felt it should go to trial.

"Having heard the prosecution case and the defence submission of no case to answer, the judge has decided that the case should not continue."